Designer pine straw preparation process

Abstract

A method for creating colored pine straw comprising chopping a quantity of pine straw; spraying the pine straw with a coloring agent; drying the pine straw and; placing the dried pine straw into containers.

1 . A method for creating colored pine straw comprising:
 chopping a quantity of pine straw;   spraying the pine straw with a coloring agent;   drying the pine straw; and   placing the dried pine straw into containers.   
   
   
       2 . A method for coloring pine straw comprising:
 chopping a preset quantity of pine straw;   utilizing a sprayer unit to color the pine straw;   applying heated air to colored pine straw to cause it to tumble and dry;   placing the dried pine straw in a hopper; and   placing the pine straw in the hopper into a plurality of containers.   
   
   
       3 . A system for coloring pine straw comprising:
 an input for feed of a quantity of pine straw into the system;   a hammer mill for chopping the pine straw;   a first conveyor for conveying the pine straw to the spraying station for spraying the pine straw with a colorant;   a second conveyor for conveying the colored pine straw to a dryer station, the dryer station providing heated pressurized air to dry and tumble the colored pine straw; and   a third conveyor for transporting the dried pine straw to a storage bin.   
   
   
       4 . The system of  claim 3  further comprising means for selectively adding a fertilizer agent to the pine straw.